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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Donagh Corby

Oleksandr Usyk uses Tyson Fury’s real name to call out heavyweight rival

Oleksandr Usyk has invoked Tyson Fury's real first name to call him out for an undisputed title fight, telling the Brit "Luke, I'm coming for you".

Ukrainian world heavyweight champion Usyk doesn't speak English, but he was able to get his message across fully during a recent interview with Parimatch. He did the interview in Ukrainian, but asked if he was "coming for" Fury, he switched to the Brit's native tongue to send a concise message to Fury, using his real first name.

It is a well-known piece of trivia in the boxing world that the heavyweight champion's first name is not, in fact, Tyson, but Luke, and that Tyson is his middle name. It's common for people to go by their middle name, and Fury decided to while forging a boxing career when he was younger.

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